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10971. Add MS 53151 I

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Add MS 53151 I
Title:
'The Brand of Cain', by G. L. Gordon
Scope & Content:
'The Brand of Cain', by G. L. Gordon. Play recommended 16 July 1875 for a licence to perform at the Birkenhead Theatre. 36 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875
Extent:
1 item

10972. Add MS 53171 E

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Add MS 53171 E
Title:
'Don't Druce, Blacksmith', by W. S. Gilbert
Scope & Content:
'Don't Druce, Blacksmith', by W. S. Gilbert. Play approved 2 September 1876 for a licence to perform at the Royal Haymarket Theatre. 32 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

10973. Add MS 53174 I

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Add MS 53174 I
Title:
'Give a Dog a Bad Name', by Leopold Lewis
Scope & Content:
'Give a Dog a Bad Name', by Leopold Lewis. Play approved 18 November 1876 for a licence to perform at the Adephi Theatre. 78 folios.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876
Extent:
1 item

10974. Add MS 52933 GG

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Add MS 52933 GG
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‘Caspar Duverdi’ al. ‘Caspar Duverdi, the terror of Spain, or, The traitor, the Jew and the gypsy’, romantic melodrama in three acts. Licence sent 8 September 1852 for performance at the Pavillion. Text written in two different hands. Keywords: gypsies, education, Spanish characters, Spain, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 item

10975. Add MS 52935 FF

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Add MS 52935 FF
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'Uncle Tom's cabin’, ‘hippo-drama’ in two acts. Licence sent 15 November 1852 for performance at Astley's Amphitheatre 22 November 1852. Title page signed by Wm Batty, proprietor and manager. For other versions, see those written in 1852 by J. Courtney (Add. 52934 K); Edward Fitzball (2 othe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 item

10976. Add MS 52936 C

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Scope & Content:
'Those dear blacks', farce in two acts by William Brough. Licence sent 18 November 1852 for performance at Lyceum 17 November 1852. Songs included in MS. According to Nicoll, published in Lacy's, but reference has not been verified. Keywords: Uncle Tom's Cabin, literature and literary refer...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 item

10977. Add MS 52936 O

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'Nell Gwynne, or Harlequin Merry Monarch', pantomime by Nelson Lee. Licence sent 18 December 1852 for performance at the Adelphi 27 December 1852. Request for Licence written and signed by Benjamin Webster. Keywords: fairies and other supernatural creatures, the supernatural, animals, dance, p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1852
Extent:
1 item

10978. Add MS 52951 E

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Add MS 52951 E
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'Harlequin and Bluebeard the Grand Bashaw, or The good fairy triumphant over the genius of discord', pantomime. Licence sent 11 December 1854 for performance at the Surrey. LCO Day Book Add. 53703 contains extensive entry that requires some of the comic business to be omitted. Not listed in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1854
Extent:
1 item

10979. Add MS 52975 X

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Add MS 52975 X
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'Too much for good nature', comedietta or farce in one act by Edward Falconer. Licence sent 8 September 1858 for performance at the Lyceum 11 September 1858. Published in Lacy's, vol. 42, no. 626. Keywords: phrenology, mesmerism, family relationships, lodgers, servants, marital relationship...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1858
Extent:
1 item

10980. Add MS 53010 J

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Add MS 53010 J
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Scope & Content:
'Little Red Riding Hood, or, The rose, the shamrock and the thistle', extravaganza by Leicester Buckingham. Licence sent 21 December 1861 for performance at the Lyceum. Published in Lacy’s, vol. 53, no. 791. ff. 26. Leicester Silk Buckingham, dramatist; youngest son of J S Buckingham: Plays...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 item